Tasting Notes

The Personality Musical Genome Experiment

2009-12-08T03:53:26Z

We celebrated my cousin Josh's birthday this past Saturday night. It was a wonderful evening filled with friends and family who gathered together to honor a really inventive, lovely, curious, passionate, and artistic man. But what do those words ...

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Help Wanted: I'm looking for a new love

2009-12-02T03:12:47Z

We’ve all experienced it at some point. The heart-breaking moment when you’re told goodbye - blown off - that you’re just not interesting enough, attractive enough, rich enough, blah, blah, blah enough (well, except for Clooney or Johnny Depp –...

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Fast Food: LA Style

2009-11-18T22:46:58Z

Do you like trucks... and street food? Then, it's a good time to be alive and living in LA. It's a foodie's hallucination - except it's no hallucination. They're popping up everywhere - exotic street foods on the go from East LA to Santa Mo...

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Autumn in LA

2009-11-10T02:52:46Z

If you’re like me, the beginning of autumn brings such possibilities. And nowhere else can you experience the magic of the season than in Los Angeles. There’s just nothing like it anywhere else; the crisp, chilly air that makes one break ...

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Wine and Music go together like... you and me!

2009-10-08T21:04:49Z

I've been going on for the past 15 months about the benefits of thoughtfully pairing wine and music. Finally someone is listening. The folks at Rebel Industries are putting together a series of events that brings together wine, music, fashion a...

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Digital Rituals - Top 10 of 2009, Day 10

2009-09-29T01:20:38Z

Today we’re finishing up the top 10 tracks from the first half of 2009 (see Day Nine here). I’d still love to hear from you so drop me a line and let me know what songs have caught your fancy. Pluto – Clare & The Reasons As the main songwriter...

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Digital Rituals - Top 10 of 2009, Day 9

2009-09-24T22:27:50Z

Continuing with the top 10 tracks from the first half of 2009 (see Day Eight here): The Face I Love – Marcos Valle I bring you today's track with a note of caution. Listening to The Face I Love will most certainly cause you to fall in love. I...

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Digital Rituals - Top 10 of 2009, Day 8

2009-09-21T09:00:50Z

Continuing with the top 10 tracks from the first half of 2009 (see Day Seven here): Two Weeks – Grizzly Bear From Brooklyn, Grizzly Bear is sort of a cross between Brian Wilson and a-ha (yeah, that's a combo that hasn't yet been mashed up). Bel...

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Digital Rituals - Top 10 of 2009 - Day 7

2009-09-17T15:16:41Z

Continuing with the top 10 tracks from the first half of 2009 (see Day Six here): We Are Alone In This Together – Graham Lindsey Senator Lindsey Graham is a complete dick. Graham Lindsey, on the other hand is a complete revelation. The fact tha...

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Digital Rituals - Top 10 of 2009, Day 6

2009-09-16T02:01:24Z

Continuing with the top 10 tracks of 2009 so far (see Day Five here) Adventures in Solitude – The New Pornographers The New Pornographers are a Vancouver based “side project” that feature the brilliant Carl (A.C.) Newman as lead vocalist a...

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